Chapter 3 Test

Question 0

The cell bodies of the sensory neurons are in clusters of neurons outside the spinal cord called…?

A) somatic ganglia

B) basal ganglia

C) spinal ganglia

D) dorsal root ganglia

Answer 0

D) dorsal root ganglia

Question 1

Dorsal means toward the…?

A) back

B) rear end

C) stomach

D) front end

Answer 1

A) back

Question 2

… Axons prepare the body for fight or flight

A) sympathetic

B) brainstem

C) cerebellar

D) parasympathetic

Answer 2

A) sympathetic

Question 3

The … System consists of the cranial nerves and nerves from the sacral spinal cord.

A) sympathetic

B) somatosensory

C) parasympathetic

D) limbic

Answer 3

C) parasympathetic

Question 4

The … Controls vital reflexes including breathing, heart rate, vomiting, salivation, coughing, and sneezing.

A) thalamus

B) inferior colliculus

C) medulla

D) tectum

Answer 4

C) medulla

Question 5

The … Is important for vision.

A) superior colliculus

B) substantia nigra

C) tectum

D) inferior colliculus

Answer 5

A) superior colliculus

Question 6

Damage to the … Leads to the alterations in motivated behaviors like hunger, thirst, and sex?

A) thalamus

B) hypothalamus

C) basal ganglia

D) pituitary

Answer 6

B) hypothalamus

Question 7

What structure has been implicated in movement disorders like Parkinson’s and Huntington’s?

A) pituitary

B) thalamus

C) basal ganglia

D) hypothalamus

Answer 7

C) basal ganglia

Question 8

Cerebrospinal fluid is produced by cells called the …?

A) meninges

B) corpus Callosum

C) tectum

D) choroid plexus

Answer 8

D) choroid plexus

Question 9

The cerebral cortex is organized in six layers of cell bodies called …, which are parallel to the surface of the cortex.

A) columns

B) the forebrain

C) fibers

D) laminae

Answer 9

D) laminae

Question 10

Primary visual cortex is located in the …. Lobe.

A) frontal

B) occipital

C) parietal

D) temporal

Answer 10

B) occipital

Question 11

Primary somatosensory cortex is in the …. Lobe.

A) parietal

B) temporal

C) frontal

D) occipital

Answer 11

A) parietal

Question 12

The …. Lobe contributed to complex aspects of vision, including perception of movement and recognition of faces.

A) parietal

B) occipital

C) temporal

D) frontal

Answer 12

C) temporal

Question 13

The primary motor cortex is in the …. Lobe.

A) occipital

B) parietal

C) temporal

D) frontal

Answer 13

D) frontal

Question 14

The question of how various brain areas combine to produce integrated behavior and experience is referred to as the ….?

A) integration paradox

B) binding problem

C) mind-brain dichotomy

D) reductionist conundrum

Answer 14

B) binding problem

Question 15

What procedure enables researchers to study behavior with some brain area active, then inactive, then active again?

A) ablation

B) lesioning

C) gene-knockout approach

D) transcranial magnetic stimulation

Answer 15

D) transcranial stimulation

Question 16

…. Uses light to control a small population of neurons?

A) optopgenetics

B) optoabalation

C) optic implants

D) stereotaxic optics

Answer 16

A) optopgenetics

Question 17

What technique measures the faint magnetic fields generated by brain activity?

A) CAT

B) EEG

C) PET

D) MEG

Answer 17

D) MEG

Question 18

Research using contemporary imaging methods have shown that people with larger amygdalas tend to have….?

A) excellent visual methods

B) more social contacts

C) exceptional coordination

D) large vocabularies

Answer 18

B) more social contacts

Question 19

Research into the differences between men’s and women’s brains has shown that ….?

A) the relative sizes of brain structures are virtually identical in men and women

B) patterns of connections are the same in men and women

C) women have more neurons than men

D) women average more and deeper sulci on the surface of the cortex

Answer 19

D) women average more and deeper sulci on the surface of the cortex